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word_truncate_helper.rb
module WordTruncateHelper
def word_truncate(text, *args)
options = args.extract_options!
unless args.empty?
options[:size] = args[0] || 75
options[:omission] = args[1] || "..."
end
options.reverse_merge!(:size => 75, :omission => "...")
text.scan(/(\S+)(\s+)/)[0..options[:size]].flatten.join << options[:omission] if text
end
end
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